 Islam4UK founder Anjem Choudary in 2011 | |
| Formation | 2008 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Anjem Choudary |
| Founded at | United Kingdom |
| Dissolved | 2010 |
| Purpose | To make the UK an Islamic state |
| Headquarters | United Kingdom |
Official language | English |
Islam4UK was a radical Islamist group that operated in the United Kingdom. The group was proscribed as a terrorist organisation under the UK's counter terrorism laws on 14 January 2010.[1][2][3] Before its proscription it was led by Anjem Choudary.[4]
On its website, Islam4UK described itself as having "been established by sincere Muslims as a platform to propagate the supreme Islamic ideology within the United Kingdom as a divine alternative to man-made law" to "convince the British public about the superiority of Islam, thereby changing public opinion in favour of Islam in order to transfer the authority and power to the Muslims in order to implement the Sharia (in Britain)".[5]
- ^ The Proscribed Organisations (Name Changes) Order 2010. Opsi.gov.uk (2010-07-15). Retrieved on 2011-04-24.
- ^ "Government to ban Islam4UK under terror laws". The BBC. 12 January 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2010.
- ^ Casciani, Dominic (5 January 2010). "Profile: Islam4UK". BBC News. Retrieved 12 January 2010.
- ^ Anjem Choudary on the Islam4UK ban, The Daily Politics on news.bbc.co.uk, 14 January 2010, retrieved 16 January 2010
- ^ Islam4UK, "About Us" Archived 31 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine